Funga

Fungarefers to thefungiof a particular region, habitat, or geological period. Inlife sciences,fungais a recent term (2000's) for thekingdomfungi similar to the longstandingfaunafor animals andflorafor plants. The term seeks to simplify projects oriented toward implementation of educational andconservationgoals. The term highlights parallel terminology referring to treatments of thesemacroorganismsof particular geographical areas. An official proposal for the term occurred in 2018, despite previous use.^[1]^[2]

TheSpecies Survival Commission(SSC) of theInternational Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN) in August 2021 called for the recognition offungias one of three kingdoms of life, and critical to protecting and restoring Earth.Fungawas recommended by the IUCN in 2021. They ask that the phraseanimals and plantsbe replaced byanimals, fungi, and plants,andfauna and florabyfauna, flora, and funga.^[3]^[4]

References[edit]

^Kuhar, Francisco; Furci, Giuliana; Drechsler-Santos, Elisandro Ricardo; Pfister, Donald H. (2018)."Delimitation of Funga as a valid term for the diversity of fungal communities: the Fauna, Flora & Funga proposal (FF&F)".IMA Fungus.9(2). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: A71–A74.doi:10.1007/bf03449441.hdl:11336/88035.ISSN 2210-6359.S2CID 189961757.
^Lund, Flemming (1995).Mycological methods for detecting the associated funga of cheese and rye bread in relation to hygiene.Lyngby: The Mycology Group, Department of Biotechnology, Technical University of Denmark.ISBN 87-88584-08-9.OCLC 1101100113.
^"IUCN SSC acceptance of Fauna Flora Funga"(PDF).Fungal Conservation Committee, IUCN SSC. 2021. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2021-11-11.Retrieved2021-11-11.The IUCN Species Survival Commission calls for the due recognition of fungi as major components of biodiversity in legislation and policy. It fully endorses the Fauna Flora Funga Initiative and asks that the phrasesanimals and plantsandfauna and florabe replaced withanimals, fungi, and plantsandfauna, flora, and funga.
^"Re:wild and IUCN SSC become first global organizations to call for the recognition of fungi as one of three kingdoms of life critical to protecting and restoring Earth".International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).3 August 2021.

Thisfungus-related article is astub.You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it.

[1] Kuhar, Francisco; Furci, Giuliana; Drechsler-Santos, Elisandro Ricardo; Pfister, Donald H. (2018)."Delimitation of Funga as a valid term for the diversity of fungal communities: the Fauna, Flora & Funga proposal (FF&F)".IMA Fungus.9(2). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: A71–A74.doi:10.1007/bf03449441.hdl:11336/88035.ISSN 2210-6359.S2CID 189961757.

[2] Lund, Flemming (1995).Mycological methods for detecting the associated funga of cheese and rye bread in relation to hygiene.Lyngby: The Mycology Group, Department of Biotechnology, Technical University of Denmark.ISBN 87-88584-08-9.OCLC 1101100113.

[3] "IUCN SSC acceptance of Fauna Flora Funga"(PDF).Fungal Conservation Committee, IUCN SSC. 2021. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2021-11-11.Retrieved2021-11-11.The IUCN Species Survival Commission calls for the due recognition of fungi as major components of biodiversity in legislation and policy. It fully endorses the Fauna Flora Funga Initiative and asks that the phrasesanimals and plantsandfauna and florabe replaced withanimals, fungi, and plantsandfauna, flora, and funga.

[4] "Re:wild and IUCN SSC become first global organizations to call for the recognition of fungi as one of three kingdoms of life critical to protecting and restoring Earth".International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).3 August 2021.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]